The Americans have been training them extensively since the Russians annexed Crimea.
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And trained them very well, it seems.
And more than training them, they have been their eyes and ears and probably being a bit of a backseat general in terms of directing the military effort.
I know the Ukrainians have suffered alot of setbacks lately and the destruction and loss of life has been horrendous.
However the new himar long range systems from the US seem to be having a big effect already as the Ukrainian army has been able to accurately destroy slot of Russian weapons recently . Also they are far superior to anything the Russian have and crucially at a time when the Russians have exhausted most of their long range precision rockets
The French artillery systems are also having a big effect aswell.
Reports that Putin invited chi the Chinese Premier to Moscow recently but he declined to go. Not even the Chinese want to be pictured with Putin now for fear of repercussions from the West. He really is toxic
However the new himar long range systems from the US seem to be having a big effect already as the Ukrainian army has been able to accurately destroy slot of Russian weapons recently . Also they are far superior to anything the Russian have and crucially at a time when the Russians have exhausted most of their long range precision rockets
The French artillery systems are also having a big effect aswell.
Reports that Putin invited chi the Chinese Premier to Moscow recently but he declined to go. Not even the Chinese want to be pictured with Putin now for fear of repercussions from the West. He really is toxic
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Yes, but he is also a nut-job who needs to show strength at home. He is making shapes that Russia has only begun, but I think he needs a win soon enough. My fear is that he could escalate with a nuclear component, so it's a balancing act in how much military support the West provides to Ukraine. Nutjob will most certainly use this as his excuse.....
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interesting this new law forbidding companies from refusing contracts with russian military ,wonder if ammo and spare parts starting to run low?
“Under the circumstances [the letter] suggests that everything should be done to end the hostilities as quickly as possible,” he told the Irish Times. “I wouldn’t want to intrude in internal affairs but the point of view, it makes sense. She’s against war. We’re all against war.”
Yuriy Filatov
Russian ambassador praises Sabina Higgins letter calling for negotiated settlement in Ukraine
Russian Ambassador Yuriy Filatov warns continued support for Ukraine will only mean more Ukrainian deaths
Could have fooled me Yuriy
After President Higgins' sycophantic praise of Fidel Castro we already know that they have a fondness of murdering totalitarian dictators, as long as they don't like America and aren't Capitalists.“Under the circumstances [the letter] suggests that everything should be done to end the hostilities as quickly as possible,” he told the Irish Times. “I wouldn’t want to intrude in internal affairs but the point of view, it makes sense. She’s against war. We’re all against war.”
Yuriy Filatov
Russian ambassador praises Sabina Higgins letter calling for negotiated settlement in Ukraine
Russian Ambassador Yuriy Filatov warns continued support for Ukraine will only mean more Ukrainian deathswww.irishtimes.com
Could have fooled me Yuriy
Some updated military analysis on Twitter from retired Aussie general Mick Ryan
More pressure on Michael D to distance himself from his wife's letter.
Fine Gael Senator John McGahon said the statement “answers nothing”.
“There are still very basic questions as to why a controversial letter was published on the President’s website. His statement does not provide answers to what are very legitimate and reasonable questions.”
John Dowling in the Indo also has a go at her, and again with Jason Corcoran.
Kateryna Yushchenko, a former First Lady of Ukraine, has also criticised her.
She's also been criticised in the London Times but I presume that was just the "Oirish" edition.
Fine Gael Senator John McGahon said the statement “answers nothing”.
“There are still very basic questions as to why a controversial letter was published on the President’s website. His statement does not provide answers to what are very legitimate and reasonable questions.”
John Dowling in the Indo also has a go at her, and again with Jason Corcoran.
Kateryna Yushchenko, a former First Lady of Ukraine, has also criticised her.
She's also been criticised in the London Times but I presume that was just the "Oirish" edition.
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McGahon's comments seem fair enough to me. In essence, the controversy is about X so MickeyD issues a clarifying statement about Y.
My problem is that the President is meant to be above politics. They are meant to keep their personal views to themselves so that they are not divisive and so can be the President for all of the people. Mickey D is so arrogant, so conceited, so utterly lacking in humility, that he thinks that his opinions are more important than the highest office in the land.
It is obvious that his wife's letter was approved by him before she issued it as it appeared on the official website of the President. Therefore she is a proxy for him.
This whole incident has been the cause of some minor happiness for me. I take great pleasure in his predicament as I loath the man and think of him as the embodiment of hypocrisy.
I find the whole thing bizarre. I don't understand why there seems to be a real reluctance to make an issue out of this. A few months ago, we were basically chasing Russian Ambassador out of the Country for being a Putin Stooge. The wife of our President with or without the Presidents input writes a letter to the Irish Times which at best can be described as badly written. The letter appears on the official website of the President before being taken down without comment. Prior to being taken down, the letter was used by the same Russian Ambassador that we basically wanted to expel as some sort of approval for the Russian position/actions. It doesn't matter if she meant that or not. She compromised the Presidency of this Country by allowing it to used in that way.
Now there seems be a general push to 'move on'....I have even seen Journalists say it is not a story. It's just odd.
And by the way, that letter has his fingerprints all over it. The smugness and the arrogance shown through.....
Now there seems be a general push to 'move on'....I have even seen Journalists say it is not a story. It's just odd.
And by the way, that letter has his fingerprints all over it. The smugness and the arrogance shown through.....
Mickey D is a darling of RTE and the pseudo-socialists and pseudo-intellectuals in the Irish Times.
The Public Sector Broadcaster and TG4 benefitted greatly when he was Minister for Arts, Culture and Galway.
He's also a smoked salmon socialist who dislikes any working people who have the audacity to be successful, just like the lovies in RTE dislike them. As RTE sets the news agenda it's hard to push against them.
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Exactly - it's obviously a very, very sloppy letter when YourE Comical Ali Goebbels Fillatoff can use it for his purposes
Kathy Sheridan has an excellent piece on Micky-D's proxy in the IT today.
Thats a nice idea.
But he is not above personal slagging off it seems.
I think you are trying to have it both ways.
It's not just a nice idea, it's what's happened with just about every other President we've had because they understood their role and respected the office.
Of course he's not. This isn't North Korea.
What do you mean?
I think you are trying to have it both ways.
I think he's an arrogant obnoxious bombastic blowhard who thinks his opinions are more important than the protocols and traditions of the office he holds. What's both ways about that?